Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced his Budget today and it includes promises of investment in education, the NHS and technology.

Here are the main points at a glance:

• An extra £2.8bn for the NHS in England - £350m granted now to allow trusts to plan for this winter and £1.6 billion in 2018/19, with the balance in 2019/20

• £3bn set aside over the next two years for Brexit preparations - plus further sums to be allocated if and when needed

• £500m to be invested in technological initiatives ranging from artificial intelligence to 5G and full fibre broadband

• Cancellation of fuel duty rise for both petrol and diesel which had been scheduled for April

Government spending for the next year has been outlined in today's 2017 Budget statement (Image: PA)

• A £400m charging infrastructure for electric vehicles

• £40m to train maths teachers, while the number of trained computer science teachers will be tripled to 12,000

• Universal Credit reforms: the seven-day waiting period will be removed so entitlement starts on the day of the claim, plus any household needing an advance can access a full month’s payment within five days

• National Living Wage to rise by 4.4% from £7.50 an hour to £7.83 in April 2018

• Income tax threshold to rise to £11,850 and higher rate threshold to £46,350 in April 2018, leaving the typical basic rate tax payer £1,075 a year better off compared to 2010